A special team of the IDF headed by the head of the manpower division, Major General Moti Almoz, informed the Baumel family Wednesday that the body of their loved one, Sergeant Zachary Baumel, who has been missing since the battle of Sultan Yaqub in the summer of 1982, was found, brought to Israel and identified.
Zachary Baumel immigrated with his parents to Israel from Brooklyn, New York in 1970, later joining a Hesder military unit combining combat service with yeshiva study.
On June 11, 1982, he was sent into battle near the Lebanese village of Sultan Yaqub, where at least 20 Israelis were killed in the battle and 30 wounded, with 3 MIAs: Baumel and fellow soldiers Tzvi Feldman and Yehuda Katz, who are still missing.
Details of the funeral ceremony will also be given when decided.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
{Matzav.com}
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Big zechut for the family who have been davening & waiting for 37 years
This news item brought tears to my eyes. IY”H all the other MIAs and KIAs will be brought back soon.